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Most of the posts here are about United Nations or UNESCO International Days. If you are a student or a teacher and you have included, or plan to include information or an activity associated with one of these days in your classroom and would like to write a guest post about it, get in touch with me via the Contacts page.

8 September – International Literacy Day

Sue Robbins

Aug 29
1 min

8 September – International Literacy Day

Literacy refers to reading, writing and numeracy skills. The theme for International Literacy Day this year is ‘Promoting multilingual...

Sue Robbins

Aug 12
1 min

12 August – International Youth Day

Half of the people on our planet are 30 or younger, and this is expected to reach 57% by the end of 2030. International Youth Day is...

9 August – International Day of the World’s Indigenous People

Sue Robbins

Aug 11
1 min

9 August – International Day of the World’s Indigenous People

Image by Helena Pfisterer on Unsplash On 11 June 2024, UNESCO launched a new book Celebrating the living heritage of Indigenous Peoples...

30 July – World Day Against Trafficking in Persons

Sue Robbins

Jul 30
2 min

30 July – World Day Against Trafficking in Persons

The term ‘trafficking in persons’ refers to situations where a person is exploited and cannot refuse or leave because of threats,...

Sue Robbins

Jul 15
1 min

15 July – World Youth Skills Day

‘Equipping young people with quality education, training and skills is essential. This World Youth Skills Day reminds us that teachers...

Sue Robbins

Jul 11
1 min

11 July - World Population Day

The global human population is more than three times larger now than it was in the mid-twentieth century, and reached 8 billion in 2022....

Sue Robbins

Jun 20
1 min

20 June - World Refugee Day

‘Each year on 20 June, the world celebrates the strength and courage of people who have been forced to flee their home country to escape...

Sue Robbins

Jun 11
1 min

11 June - International Day of Play

The United Nations General Assembly have adopted 11 June as the International Day of Play. The first-ever International Day of Play will...

Sue Robbins

Jun 7
1 min

7 June - World Oceans Day

We live on a blue planet. Watch the UN World Oceans Day 2023 video...

5 June – United Nations World Environment Day

Sue Robbins

Jun 5
2 min

5 June – United Nations World Environment Day

Join Generation Restoration. In 2024, World Environment Day focuses on restoring land, halting desertification and building drought...

15th May - International Day of Families

Sue Robbins

May 14
2 min

15th May - International Day of Families

In 1993 the United Nations General Assembly decided that every year 15 May should be the International Day of Families.

Sue Robbins

Apr 3
1 min

SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth

This week's blog post focuses on chocolate, and in particular what distinguishes a company that makes 'good' chocolate...

Sue Robbins

Feb 28
1 min

SDG 1 - No Poverty

'Nearly half of the world's poor are now children - that's 689m young people.'